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Justin Timberlake, Destiny’s Child Announce New Music; Millennials Have Heart Attack
2013 is shaping up to be the year of unexpected comeback, apparently! First Bowie, then The Postal Service, and now we’ve got two more for you: this morning ’90s/’00s darlings Justin Timberlake AND Destiny’s Child made unrelated announcements of new music! Timberlake’s last release was 2006’s critical and commercial breakout FutureSex/LoveSounds. The singer has…
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Auto Defiance w/Thee Japanese Schoolgirls, Vyie, and Violet Knives @ The High Watt Tonight
Art rockers Auto Defiance, fronted by songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Bradley Boyer and co-writer/vocalist Asheira on synth and bells, may not be trying to convince you to save money and the environment by biking or walking to work, but they are attempting to cross new borders and explore new frontiers by mixing vintage film clips with their…
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My Morning Jacket’s Jim James releases single “A New Life” for online streaming.
My Morning Jacket’s lead singer Jim James has made the song “A New Life” from his yet-to-be-released solo album Regions of Light and Sound of God available for online streaming at Rolling Stone’s website. You can listen to it here. The album is scheduled to be released on February 5th, 2013. Also, the single “Know Til…
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Steve Martin and Edie Brickell Team Up, Will Release Album on 4.23.2013.
As reported by USA Today on Monday, January 7, American singer-songwriter Edie Brickell and actor/comedian/author/playwright/producer/bluegrass musician Steve Martin have paired up to make an album together, which the duo says will be released on April 23, 2013. It shall be called Love Has Come for You. I’ll never forget Martin’s great performance in the 1979…
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Alanna Royale announces EP Release Show @ The Basement
Did you have the chance to catch Alanna Royale on Lightning 100 yesterday? Either way, get ready for this news: Nashville’s Alanna Royale has set Friday, January 25 at the Basement as her EP Release Show. The EP is titled “Bless Her Heart,” and No Country for New Nashville’s members are oozing with excitement, as three…
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Rapper Kitty Pryde Descends from the Heartcloud with Her New Single “Dead Island”
It’s kind of mind-blowing to think that the bulk of rapper Kitty Pryde‘s career ascent has occurred over only the past 6 months. Dubbed “cloud rap” (a new underground movement in hip hop that borrows chillwave’s ambient, dreamy aesthetic), the self-described “rap game Taylor Swift” essentially exploded from Tumblr with her song “Okay Cupid.” She…
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The Coasts release new Santa Fe EP
Do you remember us chiding you to get to know our pal’s The Coasts a while back? They are from nearby Little Rock, and dropped their totally under the radar, lo-fi, psychy, surfy pop, self titled debut release in the Summer of 2011. That record was on heavy rotation for quite a while around…
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No Country in a Nutshell: The Weekly Recap | 12.31-1.6
The start of the year always suffers from the music industry taking an extended holiday break, so we had a very feature heavy week last week. But don’t worry, there are plenty of shows picking back up this week to make up for it! We have tons of coverage coming your way. In case…
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New Release Spotlight | December 2012, Part 2
Now that the holidays have settled and everyone’s back in the swing of things, I wanted to go ahead and bring you the second part of our December Release Spotlight. As I mentioned in our New Release Spotlight | December 2012, Part 1, December is the slowest month for record releases. Rather than scrape together…